A helping hand for innovative ideas
HAFC is a not-for-profit organisation covering Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Lower Hunter which helps adults who are financially disadvantaged to develop their business ideas, set up their own business or find employment.
Let Us Boost Your Future
Eligibility & Programs
Are you
- living in the Hunter region?
- currently unemployed or under-employed and need more work?
- 18 years or over?
Do You
- have a business idea?
- want to be self-employed?
- want to get a job?
We Can
- assess your business idea and give assistance to help you develop your idea into reality.
- help you with your current business.
- help you secure a job.
How you can help
Want to help with our mission? You can become a member and volunteer, donate, employee a HAFC participant or become a sponsor.
Friends of HAFC
Meet our sponsors and supporters.
Success Stories
Our recent successes.
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Meet Shams and Elina co-directors of Golden Star Cleaning Service. Shams and Elina are from Afghanistan, they met through Mosaic…
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We would love to introduce one of our long standing clients, Mahasti. Currently studying a Masters of Education, we have…
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This blossoming balloon bouquet business is owned and run by local wife and mother Hamidah. She creates unique balloon and…
News
Our news items and media mentions.
HAFC acknowledges that we meet on the traditional lands of the Awabakal, Worimi and Wonnarua peoples and we pay respect to Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and value the distinct culture, values and connection to Country of all First Nations peoples that we may encounter.